Nagpur: Rising incidents of farmers' suicide in the country, particularly in Maharashtra's Vidarbha, are caused by multiple factors that leads an individual to state a of helplessness, influenced by social conditions and mental health, experts in a book on farmers' suicides said.

Mumbai: Observing that the financial situation of teachers in government as well as private institutions in Maharashtra was dismal, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the state government must conduct an enquiry into the incident of teacher suicide in Beed district.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the responses of veteran BJP leaders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister Uma Bharti and 16 others on a fresh plea against a 2010 order of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court dropping criminal conspiracy charge against them in the Babri mosque demolition case.

Mumbai: Ashok Singh, the family driver of Bollywood star Salman Khan, told the sessions court on Monday that it was he and not the actor who was driving at the time of the 2002 hit-and-run accident in which one person was killed and four others were injured.

Mumbai: In a dramatic twist in the ongoing retrial of Bollywood actor Salman Khan's hit-and-run case, his driver Ashok Singh has confessed to being responsible for the accident, a lawyer said here on Monday.

Malda: A distressed farmer in Malda district allegedly committed suicide as he failed to repay the loans he had taken for cultivation, taking the total number of distressed farmers committing suicide in the state to nine.

Malda: A distressed farmer in Malda district allegedly committed suicide as he failed to repay the loans he had taken for cultivation, taking the total number of distressed farmers committing suicide in the state to nine.

Panaji: In the last 11 months since drinking in public places was banned in Goa, often referred to as the country's nightlife and party capital, not a single case has been booked for downing alcohol publicly.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted seven days custody parole to Vikas Yadav, serving 30 years jail term without remission for the murder of Nitish Katara, saying the convict will not move out of the territorial jurisdiction of the national capital.